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Hercules Road

12 February 2012

Mr Armitage's House, Hercules Road, 1828
Mr Armitage’s House, 1828

Artist and poet William Blake and his wife lived in a large house which was on the site of present day No.23 Hercules Road (Penlington Place). A visitor once came upon them sitting naked in the summerhouse where they were reciting passages from Paradise Lost. ‘Come in,’ Blake called out. ‘It’s only Adam and Eve, you know!’

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